Ground Broken on 186-Bed Residence Hall

COLUMBIA, Ky. - Lindsey Wilson College is ending
this decade the way it began it - with a record number of resident
students and construction on a new residence hall.

On Wednesday morning, the Lindsey Wilson community
broke ground on the college's latest residence hall - a four-story
building that will house 186 beds. The building will be across from
Richardson Hall, LWC's most recent residence hall.

"And here we go again as we celebrate our fifth
groundbreaking in the past 16 months - an accomplishment that is
unheard of in today's economy," Lindsey Wilson President William T.
Luckey Jr. said at Wednesday morning's groundbreaking
ceremony.

But as Luckey noted, it's also unheard of for a
college to experience a 42 percent increase in new resident
students and a 25 percent increase in overall resident enrollment.
Lindsey Wilson has more than 860 students living in residence halls
this fall. That's an increase of more than 130 students from last
year's resident student population of 721. Final enrollment for the
2009-10 school won't be known for a couple more weeks.

"We gather today profoundly grateful for our many
blessings and good fortune during difficult times - and with our
eyes wide open to the next wave of new students who will be here
next fall," Luckey said.

When it is opened for the 2010-11 school year,
LWC's new residence hall will cover more than 42,000 square feet,
making it the college's largest residence hall. The new residence
hall - which will cost about $7 million - will be a little larger
than the 42,000-square-foot Jim & Helen Lee Fugitte Science
Center.

Richardson Hall - which opened in August 2001 - is
34,000 square feet with 156 beds.

And, just like when Richardson Hall was built
almost a decade ago, ground was broken Wednesday morning on the new
residence hall because of an explosion in resident students.

The new residence hall will be a "testament to the
Lindsey Wilson mission," said LWC Vice President of Student
Services and Enrollment Management Dean Adams.

"In student life, we understand that not all
learning takes place in a classroom, and that a very important part
of our mission is to provide a living-learning environment for our
students," Adams said. "This new residence hall will be a model of
21st-century living. It will represent the remarkable collection of
students, faculty and staff, trustees, and alums that make this a
very special place in higher learning."

"It's going to be an absolute blessing to have this
new dormitory on campus come next year because it symbolizes the
growing nature of the school and the bright future of this
college," Newman said.

Newman recalled the major buildings added to LWC's
A.P. White Campus during his three years at the college - Fugitte
Science Center, Sumner Campus Center, Norma & Glen Hodge Center
for Discipleship, and the Doris & Bob Holloway Wellness
Center.

"It is crazy that even over the three years I have
attended Lindsey Wilson, I have seen this college grow in leaps and
bounds," he said. "It is astonishing to look back and realize all
this has happened in just three years."

Luckey said the resident-student enrollment boom
has been fueled by the college's increased retention rates, as well
as the addition of several academic programs, extracurricular
programs and intercollegiate sports programs.

All of which led Newman to say the new residence
hall is "making room for the future."

"We may be setting the foundation for this new
building now, but we are also setting the foundation for this
school to grow for the future," he said.Ground is symbolically
broken Wednesday morning on Lindsey Wilson College's new
four-story, 186-bed residence hall. From left: Dean of Students
Chris Schmidt, Assistant Chaplain Aimee Blum, President William T.
Luckey Jr., senior Joshua Newman of Mayville, N.Y., and Vice
President of Student Services and Enrollment Management Dean Adams.
In the background is Richardson Hall, LWC's most recent residence
hall, opened in fall 2001.Ground is symbolically broken Wednesday
morning on Lindsey Wilson College's new four-story, 186-bed
residence hall. From left: Dean of Students Chris Schmidt,
Assistant Chaplain Aimee Blum, President William T. Luckey Jr.,
senior Joshua Newman of Mayville, N.Y., and Vice President of
Student Services and Enrollment Management Dean Adams. In the
background is Richardson Hall, LWC's most recent residence hall,
opened in fall 2001.

Ground is symbolically broken Wednesday morning on
Lindsey Wilson College's new four-story, 186-bed residence hall.
From left: Dean of Students Chris Schmidt, Assistant Chaplain Aimee
Blum, President William T. Luckey Jr., senior Joshua Newman of
Mayville, N.Y., and Vice President of Student Services and
Enrollment Management Dean Adams. In the background is Richardson
Hall, LWC's most recent residence hall, opened in fall
2001.

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Lindsey Wilson College is
ending this decade the way it began it - with a record number of
resident students and construction on a new residence hall.

On Wednesday morning, the Lindsey Wilson community broke
ground on the college's latest residence hall - a four-story
building that will house 186 beds. The building will be across from
Richardson Hall, LWC's most recent residence hall.

"And here we go again as we celebrate our fifth groundbreaking
in the past 16 months - an accomplishment that is unheard of in
today's economy," Lindsey Wilson President William T. Luckey Jr. said at
Wednesday morning's groundbreaking ceremony.

But as Luckey noted, it's also unheard of for a college to
experience a 42 percent increase in new resident students and a 25
percent increase in overall resident enrollment. Lindsey Wilson has
more than 860 students living in residence halls this fall. That's
an increase of more than 130 students from last year's resident
student population of 721. Final enrollment for the 2009-10 school
won't be known for a couple more weeks.

"We gather today profoundly grateful for our many blessings
and good fortune during difficult times - and with our eyes wide
open to the next wave of new students who will be here next fall,"
Luckey said.

When it is opened for the 2010-11 school year, LWC's new
residence hall will cover more than 42,000 square feet, making it
the college's largest residence hall. The new residence hall -
which will cost about $7 million - will be a little larger than the
42,000-square-foot Jim & Helen Lee Fugitte Science
Center.

Richardson Hall - which opened in August 2001 -- is 34,000
square feet with 156 beds.

And, just like when Richardson Hall was built almost a decade
ago, ground was broken Wednesday morning on the new residence hall
because of an explosion in resident students.

"In student life, we understand that not all learning takes
place in a classroom, and that a very important part of our mission
is to provide a living-learning environment for our students,"
Adams said. "This new residence hall will be a model of
21st-century living. It will represent the remarkable collection of
students, faculty and staff, trustees, and alums that make this a
very special place in higher learning."

"It's going to be an absolute blessing to have this new
dormitory on campus come next year because it symbolizes the
growing nature of the school and the bright future of this
college," Newman said.

Newman recalled the major buildings added to LWC's A.P. White
Campus during his three years at the college - Fugitte Science
Center, Sumner Campus Center, Norma & Glen Hodge Center for
Discipleship, and the Doris & Bob Holloway Wellness
Center.

"It is crazy that even over the three years I have attended
Lindsey Wilson, I have seen this college grow in leaps and bounds,"
he said. "It is astonishing to look back and realize all this has
happened in just three years."

Luckey said the resident-student enrollment boom has been
fueled by the college's increased retention rates, as well as the
addition of several academic programs, extracurricular programs and
intercollegiate sports programs.

All of which led Newman to say the new residence hall is
"making room for the future."

"We may be setting the foundation for this new building now,
but we are also setting the foundation for this school to grow for
the future," he said.